A country fucking mile. I've been a fan of The 1975 since their debut, but this latest album makes their other work seems more immature imo. I still love it, but this is the proper, grown-up, consistent, focused, filler-less 1975 album I've been waiting for. So many songs I never thought I'd hear them write, I was literally laughing and crying as I was listening. And as for 'I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)'?
Come on, it's gotta be their best song to date. Well done boys, well done. 10/10
>I'm a wheel, I'm a wheel
>I can roll, I can feel
>And you can't stop me turning
>Cause I'm the sun, I'm the sun
>I can move, I can run
>But you'll never stop me burning
>Come down with fire
>Lift my spirit higher
>Someone's screaming my name
>Come and make me holy again
>I'm the man on the silver mountain
What this is.
This is a discussion thread to share thoughts, memories, or first impressions of albums which have lived through the decades. Maybe one first heard this when it came out or are just hearing it now. Even though this album may not be your cup of tea, rest assured there are some really diverse classics and underrated gems on the calendar. Use this time to reacquaint yourself with classic metal records or be for certain you really do not "get" whatever record is being discussed.
Band: Rainbow
Album: Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Released: August 4th, 1975
let's limit the tracklist to 20, and it doesn't necessarily have to be only "hits", but some of their best tracks.
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There are a number of major artists who, I feel, did some of their very best work while they were in their 50's, or certainly after they had already turned 40.
- Miles Davis is an obvious choice, whose entire early "electric" output (circa 1968-75) occurred while he was roughly between the ages of 42-49. When push comes to shove, for me the very best Miles is really his latter Second Great Quintet output (starting with Miles Smiles in 1966, and his brilliant 1967 output), and then electric output up through 1975 (which only got more and more aggressive, and 'out there' as Miles was approaching 50).
Some other examples, at least for me:
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David Bowie -- FOR ME, practically ALL my favorite Bowie output is from the 1990's and 2000's, basically everything he did after Tin Machine. His singing voice was never better, and I absolutely love practically every studio album he did during this time, including albums like Outside, Earthling, Heathen, and Reality (and the only exception being Hours, which I find to be pretty tepid). His live bands then, I think, were the tightest and among the most creative of his entire career. Several of the tours from this era eschewed the hits, and the band really took some chances. Bowie turned 43 in 1990, so even both Tin Machine albums (circa 1988-89, and again in 1991) fall into Bowie's 40's. And his 2014 release The Next Day and especially his swansong, Blackstar, are both outstanding (the latter perhaps as notable as any album in his entire catalog).
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The Cure -- The general public, and even many Cure fans really give up on the band after Wish (1992) -- but over the years I've grown fonder, and fonder for Bloodflowers (2000, the year Robert Smith turned 41), and even the bands eponymous release in 2004, and 4:13 Dream in 2008. I sure wish they'd release more studio stuff, as everything over the last 16-odd years has been really rewarding stuff (at least for me).
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Keith Richards ought to at least get an honorable mention. He had two really incredible solo albums -- Talk Is Cheap (1987, when Keith was 43, and it's the best Stones album ever, IMHO), and last year's Crosseyed Heart (2015, when Keith was 72!) was surprisingly good too. (Keith had another solo album in 1992, which is a little more of a mixed bag, but has some good material on it as well.)
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David Gilmour is another one -- who has released some really outstanding material since he turned 45 (both with P
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